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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 26, 1983, 5:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 87

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 21, 1983, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 20, 1983, 9:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Ariane 1 | Intelsat 507

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 19, 1983, 12:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 1983, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 33

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 12, 1983, 12:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 5, 1983, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1983, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 29, 1983, 5:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-OE 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1983, 7:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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